Simply stated, rejecting the virgin birth is the equivalent of calling God a liar. The Bible is His revealed Word 2 Timothy Suggesting one portion is false places the whole document under suspicion. Therefore, in answer to the question posed in the devotion's title, yes, belief in the virgin birth does matter.
Does it matter if we accept the virgin birth as truth? Whatever the Word of God proclaims - and the virgin birth is emphatically acknowledged throughout Scripture - Christians are to believe it. We are not free to pick and choose which portions of the Bible we will believe or interpret for our own benefit. We do not have to fully understand the virgin birth in order to be saved.
Certainly, I did not comprehend that idea or many other scriptural concepts when I was saved at twelve years of age. I just knew I was a sinner and wanted Jesus in my life. But there is a difference between being ignorant or uneducated and deliberately rejecting Scripture's testimony about who Jesus was.
When a person dismisses the Jesus presented to us in the Word of God, he cannot be saved. People who deny the truth of the virgin birth also reject other foundational truths in the Bible.
Some find it more comfortable to select the parts of Scripture that suit their lifestyle or opinions rather than to apply the entire Word of God to their life. When we limit which passages we will consider true, our susceptibility to Satan's lies grows.
We drift further and further from the narrow path of obedience to God. To believe in the Jesus of the Bible is to accept Him as the virgin-born Son of God - the sinless Christ who gave His life at Calvary in order to take our sin upon Himself. Our freedom is greater when we accept God's truth instead of fighting for own opinions. Jesus Christ did not have His beginning in Bethlehem.
John says, "In the beginning was the Word Jesus. And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And then God translated deity into humanity. That little baby in a manger is the great God Who created the universe. The little baby of Luke two is the great God of Genesis one. God became flesh. You may say, "I don't understand that.
None of us understand it. You see, the miracle of the ages is the virgin conception of the Lord Jesus Christ. But you don't have to understand it to believe it. If you have difficulty believing in the virgin birth, you really have difficulty believing in God. Why would you have difficulty believing that a child could come into this world without an earthly father when God made the first woman and the first man out of nothing?
You see, if there were no virgin birth, there would be no sinless Christ. No sinless Christ No atonement She is called a "virgin" in Luke The Greek term parthenos normally referred to an unmarried woman of marriageable age.
Mary did not conceive through ordinary means, but through the Holy Spirit. This was God's miraculous intervention, producing offspring without a human father. What called for the virgin birth? The fundamental need was found in the nature of the human race.
Every normal, human birth produces another sinner, just as Adam, as sinner, produced a race of sinners. This doctrine stands at the heart of the Lord's person and saving work. Without the virgin birth, there would be no salvation for sinners. Jesus Christ would be a sinful human being. Quotes Around Verses. Remove Square Brackets. Sort Canonically. Free Bible Courses Visit. Help Quick Nav Advanced Options. Cite Share Print. Search Results in Other Versions.
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Peter wrote, Who [Jesus] committed no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth 1 Peter John testified. If Jesus were the son of Joseph, then His sinless character would only be a myth. This echoes Jesus' own statement, For the Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost Luke The Bible makes this clear: For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him 2 Corinthians Summary There are at least five reasons why the virgin conception of Christ is an important doctrine.
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